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review advanced collocations and vocab 1

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  • This boss likes to hear what the staff think and let them decide their own hours,
    she's very selfish
    she's very circumspect
    she's very liberal
    she's temperamental
  • Between the rise in food and fuel prices an the raise below inflation levels,
    we have no trappings of success
    we might live beyond our means
    let's go overdrawn
    there's no way to make ends meet
  • My brother always knows everyone's birthdays and sends a happy message:
    he's very easy-going
    he's impetuous
    he's very considerate
    he's gregarious
  • This week I had to repair the car so
    I can't make ends meet
    I'm on the breadline
    I'm a little strapped for cash
    I'm living beyond my means
  • He has no pension so, when he retires, there's
    no way to make ends meet
    nothing to fall back on
    no success
    the breadline
  • Joan Crawford is shouting at her hairdresser about a curl in the wrong place- she was sweet as pie to me this morning-
    She's so introverted!
    She's so selfish!
    She's so circumspect!
    she's so temperamental!
  • My friend always understands when I'm a bit late to meet her or have to leave early because of my work. She's
    gregarious
    temperamental
    easy-going
    circumspect
  • She got fired last week, they have a mortgage and a baby on the way, there are
    living beyond their means
    struggling to make ends meet
    foraging for food
    embarking on an adventure
  • She is a party animal: always out with friends or dancing the night away in clubs!
    She's liberal
    She's impetuous
    She's gregarious
    She's easy-going
  • She has a shiny new car, a house in the country and room for a pony:
    frittering away money
    embarking on an adventure
    living on the breadline
    all the trappings of success
  • That couple never go anywhere without doing months of research and buying 5 different kinds of insurance.
    They are easy-going
    They are temperamental
    They are circumspect
    They are impetuous
  • Hilton's grandchildren don't work, they are
    frittering away his money
    living on the breadline
    are strapped for cash
    going broke